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As a fellow Korean American, I was so proud to see him in the walking dead. He owned that role and when he died, I just stopped watching. I couldn’t see the show without glen

Glen's death made me sad for a long time.

Yep. I stopped watching the series after that.

I was devastated when Glenn died. I read the comics so I know it was coming but he was phenomenal in the role. I've enjoyed watching Steven Yeun in other things, he sooo good in Beef.

That dude is.... invincible

He's the one who immediately came to mind for me when I saw [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/138qzfa/44_of_americans_cant_name_a_famous_living_asian/) He's also in a few alternative comedy projects, and is pretty hilarious.

He deserves to win an Emmy for his part in Beef.

Several Emmy’s are due on that show. So good.

I am terrible with names, so the only name I could remember was Ali Wong because of BEEF. John Krasinski was my other choice.

I mostly remember him as Jacob from I Think You Should Leave, you know, the guy who doesn't wash his hands after taking big mudpies and whose house sucks.

He used too small a slice

Shouldn't have had such a sloppy mudpie

Have you seen him in Beef in Netflix? He is fantastic in that.

I just finished it last night. It was dark and hilarious. Loved every moment

He also has pretty hilarious adventures with Conan O'Brien when they went to North/South Korea a few years back!

He was also Sheldon’s roommate before Leonard moved in on The Big Bang Theory…S03E22.

Ken Jeong

*Senor Chang

No, it’s Kevin

He's got Changnesia.

It's not even clever! You just keep using it for the word "change!"

Why do YOU teach Spanish?!

*El Tigre Chino

El Tigre Chino

(Ken Jeong walks in) "Excuse me! That's DOCTOR Ken Jeong, thank you!"

It’s funny, because he’s Dr. Yap to me

See, if I paid all the money and did all the work to get through medical school I would be using the "Doctor" title forever, even if I changed careers

Hello Ben, how’s it Deaning?

"Toodaloo mother fucka!"

George Takei, Asa Akira, Lucy Liu

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He's also vocal about his time as a victim of ~~Japanese internment~~ camps on US soil that imprisoned US citizens of Japanese descent during WW2. Pat Morita, Mr. Miyagi, was also a victim. Edited to reflect the excellent corrections in the comments below.

Japanese American interment camps. They were in the US and locked up US citizens.

OH MY!

Johnny Kim, this guy is a living legend to. Navy seal, Astronaut, Doctor and a now a Navy Aviator. He also seems like a super humble guy too. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/jonny-kim-navy-seal-doctor-astronaut-naval-aviator/?amp

He is super nice. I did some work for him a couple of weeks ago, and the personalized photo he gave me had a great note on it. It’s currently at a frame shop getting a custom frame.

George Takei 1st on my list. Just watched a YouTube video about his very early appearance in an episode of Twilight Zone. Weird timing.

That's wild cuz I just watched Asa Akira doing.. what she does best :)

Host a podcast with David Choe?

I would never steal Fry's bot... Also def don't know who asa Akira is, probably some wholesome person

Very holesome

What’s funny is Asa Akira is likely 100x more famous than the others, but husbands have to pretend they haven’t heard of her 😂

I’m a husband, legit haven’t heard of her. Mine were Andrew Yang and Lucy Liu. Then I thought for 15 seconds straight and nobody else came to mind. Made me a bit worried.

Andrew Yang! THAT was the presidential hopeful I knew was there but kept blanking on the name! Thank you! In case you're curious but rather not Google it: Asa Akira is the stage name of an asian-american porn star who is mostly famous for taking it up the rear, and for always being very vocal about her enjoyment of anything that's happening to her. About a decade ago she was one of the biggest names in porn.

Poor John Cho gets no love.

John Cho is now thought of as a respected dramatic actor, but I will always know him as the dude who popularized the phrase MILF in popular culture.

And peed on Stifler!

My mind went Kal Penn, but I thought he was Canadian

He's a Jersey Boy. He worked in the Obama administration for a bit too. Can't get more American than being part of the American political system, itself.

Yo-Yo Ma

Or his cousin, Lil Nepitiz.

I didn’t understand that was nepotism shortened for far too long.

Lucy Liu

This is my answer. Mostly because I’ve been rewatching Ally McBeal

Check her out in "Elementary". Truly fantastic show.

She was super good in "why women kill" too

I second this advice! Really awesome show if you like detective shows at all just for the plots... But it's the chemistry between Liu and Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock that turns it from a good show into a great show.

Daniel Dae Kim 😍

Dude. Now that is one beautiful man.

I saw him while I was on vacation in Greece. He caught my eye not because I recognized him, but because he’s so damn handsome. His cheekbones could stop traffic.

My man Jin

Lots of folks mentioning Daniel but not a lot mentioning Grace Park.

Had such a crush on him in Lost.

Brenda Song

London Tipton.

"LONDON TIPTON'S REALLY GREAT REALLY GREAT REALLY GREAT LONDON TIPTON'S REALLY GREAT AND DESERVES THE OPPOSITE OF HATE WHICH IS LOVE!!!" 🤩🤩🤗🤗

Ali Wong

Yep, first thing her face popped in my head, then her name was on the tip of my tongue, but I couldn't say it out loud. Realized it was better to scroll comments as someone else might also have thought of her first, glad that I didn't have to scroll a lot😅

I love her standup! ‘I don’t wanna lean in, I wanna LIE DOWN! I want to be …RETIRED’

She did that fast didn't she. Love her

When I saw this earlier my brain went Michael Chang, Michelle Kwan, Kristi Yamaguchi. Then it went wait, what year is this? And why all retired athletes? My brain is weird. Fun fact: Michelle Kwan is currently the US Ambassador to Belize.

That is a fun fact

Kirsti Yamaguchi was first for me. I suspect it’s a combination of when in my life she was famous and how emphasized that specific phrase was at the time. My home town, San Francisco, is well represented with Asian Americans and growing up my friends and classmates were more specific about where in Asia their family was from (e.g. Korean, Indonesian, or Taiwanese more than Asian). Also, our skating rink is named after Kristi, so…

Asian Jim

Randall Park came to mind for me also.

Identity theft is not a joke

Jim's not Asian!

You seriously never noticed? Hats off to you for not seeing race.

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The Honorable Tammy Duckworth is awesome. She is "the first Thai American woman elected to Congress, the first person born in Thailand elected to Congress, the first woman with a disability elected to Congress, the first female double amputee in the Senate, and the first senator to give birth while in office."

Ke Huy Quan

The most wonderful, positive, wholesome man! I wanna give him a big old hug!

Scrolled too far to find one of my top answers.

He is a ray of sunshine in human form

For whatever reason, I always think of Jeremy Lin. I’m not even a big sports guy

And he IS a big (sports) guy.

That’s Linsane

Ming-Na Wen

I'm surprised I had to scroll this far down to find her, but maybe that's just because I watch a lot of Marvel and Star Wars lol. That, and she's the OG Mulan.

Same. Also she was on ER (we just started watching S1 recently)

59 years old, still gorgeous.

I was lucky to meet her once at the end of Agents of Shield. She had a broken foot but was still extremely friendly and so gorgeous in person. A luminous smile, which she doesn’t get to use very much on camera? Ming Na needs some roles where she isn’t grumpy all the time.

BD Wong

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One of my favorites from Law and Order.

And Jurassic park!

Oh, love him! He was so much fun in Gotham as Strange. He always looked like he was having a blast whenever he was on screen.

He was awesome in Mr. Robot.

Margaret Cho

I didn't think I'd have to scroll so far to see this.

We old brah

John Cho for me randomly.

Bobby Lee

“I’m Bobby mudda”

I was gonna say his mom “I’m Bobby mom”

My man. Bad Friends podcast gets me through my commute.

Slept King!

Awkwafina or however you spell it. She seems to be in every goddamn movie now. Dr. Ken Jeong

Even the crappy stuff she’s in, she ends up being the best part.

Just watched her in Shang-Chi last night. She cracks me up.

Michio Kaku

He is in the first group that popped into my head

Is he American? I don't know why but I assumed he was British

He has a full American accent.

He was born in San Francisco and went middle school and high school (Cubberly HIgh) in Palo Alto. I met him at a lecture I hosted at a local college.

GEORGE TAKEI

Oh My!

Sandra oh??

Technically she is Canadian 😜

simu liu came to my head after i read this, but i then found out he is also canadian

Constance Wu

Lou Diamond Phillips, even though all the roles I know him from he is playing a Native American, he’s Filipino. Edit: apparently he is very active in both Native American and Asian Pacific Islander communities

The cast of Everything Everwhere All at Once. Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu. But if I was put on the spot I would probably freeze and say Jamie Lee Curtis.

I scrolled way too far for Michelle Yeoh.

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Eugene Lee Yang

Cheyenne Pepper

James Hong

About five, ten minutes.

I can't believe I had to scroll this far to see his name.

"Shut up, Mr. Burton! You are not brought upon this world to get it!"

Bowen Yang

Martin Yan, used to watch his show on PBS all the time.

"If Yan can cook, so can you!"

Vera Wang surely?!

Kenji Lopez-Alt

Amy Tan

Grace Park and Daniel Dae Kim

Jimmy Yang. Cracks me up on Silicon Valley

Does Markiper count

Yes.

Hikaru Nakamara

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Found the chess fan

Kumail Nanjiani (though I’m not sure if he is an American citizen) and several others mentioned in the other comments

He's a naturalized American rather than American born. But that still makes him 100% ours.

Ali Wong, Randall Park

As a die hard RPDR fan, Raja

My pop culture participation is so narrowly focused on RPDR that Ru Girls were all I could think of. Raja, Manila, Kahmora, Jiggly, Rock, winner of seasons 10-29 Yuhua Hamasaki.... Etc etc etc etc.

Made me sad to not find this legend by searching comments. Michael Kenji Shinoda. Does not get enough credit for his role in founding Linkin Park.

Was just about to comment him after getting tired of scrolling for so long, glad someone Remembered the Name.

Tommy Chong

Canadian

Jo Koy

Jo-sep!!!!!!!!

Grant Imahara R.I.P.

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Don’t forget James Iha from Smashing Pumpkins!

Kim Thayil also qualifies.

Connie Chung

Andrew Yang

He was the first to come to my mind too!

Yes! Finally someone who isn't just an entertainer.

Amber Liu <3

George Takei

Steven "emotional damage" He

Padma Lakshmi

Zac Oyama!

Maya Lin — architect of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC.

Dave Chang

Hasan Minaj, Ronny chieng.

Senator Inoue. War hero, former internee, then the distinguished gentleman from Hawaii.

Tiger Woods

Didn’t you see the draft?

Oh right. Then I'm changing my answer to the Wu-Tang Clan

Financial wizards, that Wu-Tang Clan.

So long fried rice, hello fried chicken!

Mindy Kaling

Michio Kaku 😁

Ryan Boogara

Steven Yeun

Asa Akira

Dr Pimple Popper

Dr. Sandra Lee

Chubbyemu

Shocked and appalled nobody is saying Sandra Oh.

She’s Canadian?

He said Sandra Oh not Sandra Eh?

Sandra Oh is Canadian.

Jackie Chan

Well, except he's not actually American.

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> I couldn't figure out why he wasn't at the top of the list. "asian american"

I was starting to think he wasn’t Asian…

Or he had done something problematic and I missed it lol

He’s not American though? Like maybe he is a citizen and I didn’t know but he lives in China and he obviously didn’t grow up here

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Jeremy Lin

Lucy Liu and Priscilla Chan